Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

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SarahND
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Post by SarahND » Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:46 am

Hi all,
I just discovered this database of US newspapers 1860-1922, free to download. They will be adding more all the time, so a good site to bookmark and check back on from time to time.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Welcome to Chronicling America, enhancing access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/

will take you to the list of newspapers currently available.

Regards,
Sarah

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Re: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Post by garibaldired » Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:40 pm

Thanks for this, Sarah.
I've spent too long today on this site :D !

Best wishes,
Meg

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Re: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Post by SarahND » Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:52 pm

Hi Meg,
garibaldired wrote: I've spent too long today on this site :D !
Me too :lol:

Sarah